The Al Franken Podcast
The Al Franken Podcast
A five-time Emmy winning SNL comedy writer/producer, joins a four-time #1 NYT bestselling author, a three-time highest-rated national progressive radio host, a two-time Grammy winning artist, and a former US Senator. So, it gets a little crowded in the booth when Al talks public policy and sometimes political comedy with notable guests. Think “The Daily” without the resources of the NYTimes.
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Jun 28, 2026
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157: Mini Timmaraju, President & CEO of Reproductive Freedom for All 03.03.2024 47:19
Reproductive rights are under attack all over the country and will be one of the most important issues in the election this November. Abortion bans and limits on reproductive help are extremely unpopular and could be bad news for the Republicans enacting them. This is a must listen for reproductive rights!
156: Tim Alberta on Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism 25.02.2024 57:55
The author of the profoundly disturbing book "The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory" explains how evangelicals have been turned into a political tool for the Republican Party. Alberta grew up in the evangelical wing of the Presbyterian Church and watched as they turned their back on him after he criticized Donald Trump. How did the evangelical church turn so far towards right wing politics? What e...
155: The Atlantic’s David Frum on GOP Dysfunction 18.02.2024 39:56
David Frum from The Atlantic Monthly discusses the chaos that Donald Trump would bring if he were elected to a second term. From the border to foreign aid to Trump's attempt to pardon his crimes... Can we withstand another Trump term? Read more from David in The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/david-frum/ Al is going on tour! See if he's coming to your town and grab tickets today! ht...
154: Olivia Nuzzi - Washington Correspondent for New York Magazine 11.02.2024 38:10
Tales from the Campaign Trail
153: Dahlia Lithwick on the Trump Trials 04.02.2024 46:14
Will the Jan. 6th Trial happen in time? Or will it just be the Stormy Daniels Case?
152: Michael Steele 28.01.2024 44:12
On MAGA
151: Saturday Night Live Writer & Producer Jim Downey 21.01.2024 1:09:37
Al & Jim On How They Tried to Reward the Audience for Knowing Stuff but Not Punish Them for Not
150: Adam Serwer of The Atlantic on What Trump Would Do the The Courts in a Second Term 14.01.2024 40:38
The Federalist Society’s Got the Worst Ones All Lined Up
149: Heather Cox Richardson on Her Book Democracy Awakening 07.01.2024 57:45
Heather says that Trumpers have bought into an alternative reality and that we are, at this moment, on a knife’s edge. She’s an historian and not a clairvoyant. But she’s also an activist, doing all she can to spread the word through historical analysis. Beat that, Trump!
147: Best Of: Patton Oswalt is Great! 31.12.2023 54:42
Really great!
148: Best Of: Jim Gaffigan, The Master! 24.12.2023 58:52
Jim talks about comedy and his decision to come out against Trump.
146: Year in Review: Molly Jong-Fast & Mark Leibovich Look Back at the Year in Politics 17.12.2023 45:33
A Tour of the Big Political Events of 2023
145: Year in Review: Anne Applebaum & Frank Foer on Foreign Affairs 10.12.2023 47:21
A tour of Ukraine, Russia, China, Israel, and Gaza
144: In Remembrance of My Friend Norman Lear 06.12.2023 46:25
My friend Norman Lear passed on this week at 101. A great man, who created legendary TV
143: Year in Review: Joyce Vance and Barbara McQuade Review ALL the Cases Against Trump 03.12.2023 44:50
Where they’ve been and where they’re going
142: Ian Bassin On The Steps Trump Would Take to Unravel Our Democracy 26.11.2023 46:59
Protect Democracy's Executive Director on Our Nightmare
141: David Fahrenthold on The Trump Organization’s Long History of Corruption 19.11.2023 27:52
The New York Times Reporter Puts the Current Trial Into Perspective
140: David Axelrod 12.11.2023 42:55
On the 2024 Election!
139: Norm Ornstein on the Israel-Hamas War 05.11.2023 36:57
Israel’s No-Win Situation
138: WaPo Columnist Dana Milbank on the Super-MAGA House 29.10.2023 31:20
How A Far-Right Zealot Got to be 2 nd in Line for POTUS
137: Aaron David Miller on the Israel-Hamas War 22.10.2023 41:43
An Analysis from the Middle East Scholar
136: BEST OF! QAnon – Weirder Than You Know!!! Author Will Sommer 15.10.2023 52:47
And 15% of Americans Believe this Stuff!
135: Climatologist Michael Mann on How to Talk to Climate Deniers 08.10.2023 49:39
The Climate Has Always Changed – Just Not This Fast!!!
134: Norm Ornstein on the Shutdown 01.10.2023 52:28
And what it says about our politics
133: Harry Litman and George Conway! 24.09.2023 47:58
The Trump trials and the ug-ug-ugly Garland hearings
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